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"EARNING OUR WINGS" - Great Horned Owlet

June 01, 2024 • 1 Comment

"EARNING OUR WINGS" Great Horned Owlet - 9 Photos Now that this owlet has fledged, it will be a few more months before he/she has acquired all the necessary flying skills to enable it to successfully navigate the surroundings woods & master hunting for prey. But until then, here are some photos of "baby's first steps" as the owlet managed the c...

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"BLUE GREEN COLOUR PALETTE" - Great Blue Heron

May 26, 2024 • 1 Comment

"BLUE GREEN COLOUR PALETTE" Great Blue Heron - 9 Photos One Great Blue Heron, one blue green pond and one green meadow. Spring truly has sprung now that the Great Blue Herons have arrived in Alberta. This one was looking to forage along the pond edges and into the meadows beyond. It was a few turns around the pond, some grooming and a wander...

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"A WOODLAND FAMILY" - Great Horned Owls

May 26, 2024 • 1 Comment

"A WOODLAND FAMILY" Great Horned Owl (Owl & Owlet) - 8 Photos It appears to be another successful Spring for this Great Horned Owl family. With fledging now complete, the adults should now be moving onto the next steps in their raising, i.e. protection, teaching & of course, still maintaining a steady food supply. The photos that follow were...

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"BLUE LAGOON" - Beaver (North American)

May 23, 2024 • Leave a Comment

"BLUE LAGOON" Beaver (North American) - 5 Photos Two beavers eventually swam out from the lodge, late in the evening. From their size & activities, I think they may have been the two younger members of the family of six seen last year. At this point, I don't know if there are any new kits born over the course of this past Winter. They ventur...

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"IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY MONTH!" - Coyote

May 23, 2024 • 1 Comment

"IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY MONTH!!" Coyote - 7 Photos It's your birthday month, young Coyote! Or perhaps it's your belated birthday month, depending on whether you were born in April or May of last year. And you are officially one year old. Congratulations!:) I haven't seen this coyote for some months now. Hunting patterns change depending upon the se...

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"THEY REALLY HAVE LANDED" - Sora

May 20, 2024 • 1 Comment

"THEY REALLY HAVE LANDED" Sora - 9 Photos It's almost hard to believe that this small bird can migrate from southern regions of the United States & Mexico, etc. to its breeding grounds much farther north, including Alberta, Canada & beyond. In fact, I've rarely seen it fly and even catching a glimpse is a treasured experience as the Sora leans tow...

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"PORCUPINE WALK ABOUT" - Porcupine

May 17, 2024 • 1 Comment

"PORCUPINE WALK ABOUT" Porcupine (North American) - 6 Photos While foraging, porcupines can cover a great deal of ground in their territories at quite a good pace. And, of course, because of their wonderful camouflage they blend into the meadow grasses & shrubbery while travelling. Should the need arise, there is usually at least one or two fall...

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"DRESSED TO QUILL" - Porcupine (North American)

May 15, 2024 • Leave a Comment

"DRESSED TO QUILL" Porcupine (North American) - 7 Photos It was a bright Spring morning and the porcupine, depicted in the photos that follow, was originally catching some rays while napping in a tree. And then shortly before noon, he quickly made his descent to the ground and found a secure but slightly exposed log den where he slept for the r...

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"SO WHY ARE WE HERE??" - American White Pelican

May 08, 2024 • 1 Comment

"SO WHY ARE WE HERE??" American White Pelican - 9 Photos So it's May in Calgary, Alberta, CA. It's been cold & snowy. Now that's changed to extremely windy & rainy, with temperatures still below seasonal. The photos below are a group or pod of American White Pelicans, probably only recently arrived from places well south of the Canadian border.

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